Lieutenant George Albert Cairns V.C. was the last World War Two recipient of the VC. It's posthumous award was delayed as the original recommendation...
I have been reading this site for a few weeks .... ( theres a lot there !! ) thought I would share it - in case it can be of help to somebody !:)...
Here are excerpts from the Regimental History ...... hope they help somebody ! http://community.webshots.com/album/43752023TpVVWF
I found this to be a very moving site ..... thought maybe you'd be interested ! Over sixty thousand Indian troops were among the Indian units...
It's no good I've just got to get a life !! :doh: ( I watched it all the way through !! ) :D YouTube - Creme That Egg!
Gen Helmuth Von Moltke May 25 1848 - June 18 1916 Usually called Helmuth von Moltke "the Younger" or "the Nephew," to distinguish him from his...
The First Battle of the Marne is best remembered for the approximately six hundred Parisian taxicabs, mainly Renault AG’s, commandeered by French...
At the start of World War I, the air power of the Allied forces was extremely limited. Most of the available aircraft and pilots were assigned to the...
I seem to be drawn to charismatic men - with even just a remote association with Buffalo Bill !! :) ... here's another one !! thought this maybe of...
Thought these maybe of interest ..... These political cartoons are from the First World War - some cartoons are patriotic, while others express a...
“I came out because I felt I must come, and if I did not come at once it would be too late, because the battlefields would be obliterated, and places...
I have been researching a POW who was present at the Fall of Singapore ... ( what an awful time these men had on the Railway of Death ) ....... and...
Does anybody know anything about Sylvester Long Lance ? I'd appreciate any information please ! :) According to Commissioner of Indian Affairs...
The U. S. Coast Guard, long one of the nation's armed forces, has seen combat in virtually every conflict fought by the United States since 1790....
I wonder if anybody could tell me what happened to the MV Actuality please ? According to Battleships and Cruisers she was mined on 8th December...
I'd like to round these yobos up - their punishment should be - to sent to Iraq or Afghanistan for a year .... let them see first hand - what it's...
I love these stained glass windows .... but then I have a soft spot for Padres as most of you know !! though the Boyau de Mort (Trench of Death)...
HE FLEW A 29 He flew a 29 yet a youth in his prime. Wet behind the ears this Idaho youth knew no fears. Over Kobe Japan one March night...
Admiral Sir Martin Eric Dunbar-Nasmith VC, KCB, KCMG, RN (April 1, 1883 - June 29, 1965) Was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the...
Guy D'Oyly-Hughes, DSO and bar, DSC, (died 8 June 1940 aged 48), was an officer in the Royal Navy. During the First World War, Lt D'Oyly-Hughes...
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